Splunk Synthetics
What is Splunk Synthetics?
About
Splunk Synthetics is the monitoring bot that proactively tests website performance, APIs, and user flows from global locations to detect and fix performance issues before customers are affected. You can see how often Splunk Synthetics visits your website by setting up Dark Visitors agent analytics.
Expected Behavior
Developer helpers generally visit websites on direct behalf of a user who is evaluating some feature or attribute. Visits can be one-off or part of a larger crawl.
Type
Detail
| Operated By | Splunk |
| Last Updated | 6 hours ago |
Insights
Top Website Robots.txts
Country of Origin
Global Traffic
The percentage of all internet traffic coming from Developer Helpers
Robots.txt
Should I Block Splunk Synthetics?
Probably not. Developer helpers are normally used to optimize or find problems with your website.
How Do I Block Splunk Synthetics?
You can block Splunk Synthetics or limit its access by setting user agent token rules in your website's robots.txt. Set up Dark Visitors agent analytics to check whether it's actually following them.
# robots.txt
# This should block Splunk Synthetics
User-agent: Splunk Synthetics
Disallow: /